HR 533
116th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Public contracts and procurement
To amend title 41, United States Code, to require the head of each executive agency to consider the existence of qualified training programs of contractors in the award of certain contracts.
Introduced: January 14, 2019
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Became law
Jan 14, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jan 14, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill requires each executive agency to take into account a contractor's training programs in evaluating offers for any contract in an amount greater than $25 million. Contracting officers must give consideration to a contractor that provides comprehensive training and education programs to develop its workforce, consistent with the agency's needs. In assessing past performance, contracting officers must consider the manner in which an incumbent contractor is educating, investing, and retaining the contractor's workforce.
Each agency shall develop workforce development investment incentives for contractors.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
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